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Continue reading →: Dataverse API and SDK vs Power Platform API: Which One Should You Use?
Dataverse API, Dataverse SDK, and Power Platform API sound like similar names. However, they solve different problems. Lets understand each option using simple scenarios. Lets start with the options available for Microsoft Dataverse. Understand the Dataverse SDK and Web API Dataverse SDK for .NET Note: Dataverse plug-ins use the SDK for…
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Continue reading →: GitHub Copilot CLI | Change the Default Model with /config
Lets say you started a new GitHub Copilot CLI session and noticed it is not using the model you want. You have two options: Lets look at both options. Change the Model for the Current Session Now lets set a model as the default for all future sessions. Set the…
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Continue reading →: [Beginner] Canvas App | Build a Canvas App screen by pasting YAML code
If you have been building canvas screens by dragging controls, there is a faster option. Power Apps Studio can show you the YAML behind any control, and it accepts YAML back. So you can author a screen in a text editor and paste it into Studio. Lets walk through two…
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Continue reading →: Microsoft 365 Agents Toolkit | Build a Declarative Agent with an API Action
Agent Builder builds a declarative agent from instructions and knowledge sources such as SharePoint sites, uploaded files, or the web. It works well when the answer already lives in your documents. Agent Builder does not support custom API actions. A question like “What USD to INR rate applies to an invoice dated…
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Continue reading →: Copilot Studio | Add Co-owners to a Workflow
Workflows are the automation experience powered by the GitHub Copilot harness in Copilot Studio. If you are new to this, refer my earlier post Copilot Studio Harnesses – Understanding the GitHub Copilot Harness to understand harnesses and Workflows. A Workflow is a solution aware cloud flow. It shows up under Cloud flows in the…
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Continue reading →: GitHub Copilot SDK | Getting started with a C# example
The GitHub Copilot SDK is the agent that powers GitHub Copilot CLI, published as a library. Instead of chatting with Copilot, your application calls it from code. In this post, lets use the SDK from a C# console app to repair a project that will not compile. What is the GitHub Copilot…
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Continue reading →: Step by Step | Build a Copilot Cowork Plugin – Skills and an MCP Connector
Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork can be extended with plugins. A plugin is a ZIP file that carries one or more skills, and an optional connector to a remote MCP server. This is a beginner level post. Lets build a small plugin from an empty folder, package it, upload it to Cowork,…
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Continue reading →: Power Apps Code | Build and deploy using the new ‘pa CLI’
Power Apps Code Apps let you host a React or Vite app inside Power Apps. The CLI you use to build them now groups its commands under pa. Lets build a code app from an empty folder, run it locally, and publish it to Power Platform. Prerequisites Make sure you have…
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Continue reading →: Ponytail | Make Your Coding Agent Write Less Code
Coding agents like GitHub Copilot CLI, Claude Code, and Cursor tend to write more code than a task needs. Say we ask the agent to add a date of birth field to a signup form. It may install a date picker library, write a wrapper component, and add a stylesheet.…
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Continue reading →: Copilot Studio | Build an Agent using Skills
Skills are the reusable building blocks of the GitHub Copilot harness. A skill is a Markdown file, and it can carry supporting files with it. In this post lets build a skill package from scratch, upload it to an agent, and watch the agent load it on demand. We will use a…
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